Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences@PUK by Author "Olckers, Antonel"

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Classifying Africans with the Metabolic Syndrome

Schutte, Aletta E; Olckers, Antonel; Huisman, Hugo W; Van Rooyen, Johannes; Malan, Leone; Malan, Nicolaas T; Schutte, Rudolph (Thieme, 2009)

This study was aimed to compare prevalences of the metabolic syndrome in Africans using five definitions as proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Group for the Study of Insulin Resistance (EGIR), ...
Genetic polymorphisms of beta(2)- and beta(3)- adrenergic receptor genes associated with characteristics of the metabolic syndrome in black South African women

Malan, Nicolaas T; Van Rooyen, Johannes W; Huisman, Hugo; Schutte, Aletta E; Brits, Marius; Schutte, Rudolph; Olckers, Antonel; Towers, G Wayne; Pretorius, Pieter J; Schwarz, P E H (Thieme Fachtzeitschriften, 2008)
Global meta-analysis of the C-11377G alteration in the ADIPOQ gene indicates the presence of population-specific effects: challenge for global health initiatives

Schutte, Aletta; Van Der Merwe, Annelize; Olckers, Antonel; Towers, G W (Nature Publishing Group, 2009)

Type II diabetes mellitus is currently globally one of the fastest growing non- communicable diseases, especially in developing countries. This investigation reports on a meta-analysis undertaken of the C-11377G locus ...